The effect that Brexit is having and will have on the Full English breakfast was doing the rounds in the UK media last month.
Stalker has noted the phenomenon before, which is tracked using the Ulster Fry Index in Northern Ireland. Of course mushrooms make it onto the plate, and the fact that most come from Ireland makes it a discussion point.
Hana Trollman a PhD researcher at Loughborough University looked at the ingredients, and of mushrooms the salient facts were: “The production area of mushrooms has decreased since 2007 from 126 to 86 hectares.
One company based in Ireland dominates production and mushroom growers in Ireland rely on the UK for 80 per cent of sales.”
You can read her analysis elsewhere in these pages this month.
